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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

The Worst U.S. President Ever!

President's Day - February 16, 2015

By Alan
Caruba

I won’t be
around to see it, but I have little doubt that future historians and others
will conclude that President Barack Hussein Obama was the worst President ever
to serve in that office.

The reason
is simple enough. His decisions on domestic and foreign affairs have already
demonstrated his astonishing incompetence. His major contribution may in fact
be to ensure that the voters elect conservatives in the next two or more
elections to come. If he is remembered for anything it well may be the emergence
of the Tea Party movement whose influence has been seen over the course of two
midterm elections.

One cannot
help but think of such things as President’s Day, February 16, reminds us of
Washington and Lincoln, both of whom were born during this month. For most it
is just a day on which there are a variety of sales pegged to it. For all of
us, however, it acknowledges the two Presidents without whom there would not be
a United States of America.

Presidents
Washington, Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are routinely ranked at the top
of the lists of those judged to have been of greatest service to the nation
and, not incidentally, all three presided over wars that led to and maintained
America’s sovereignty.

When I
have read about Washington’s life, I am always impressed by the man and, not
surprisingly, so were his contemporaries, the men he commanded over the long
course of the Revolutionary War. The Americans of his time had the highest
regard for him. It was Washington who set the pattern of only serving two
terms. When the American artist, Benjamin West, told England’s King George III
of Washington’s decision, the king said, “If he does that, he will be the
greatest man in the world.”

In
his 1796 farewell address, Washington said, “Of all the dispositions and
habits, which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would
that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these
great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and
citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and
to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private
and public felicity.”

Imagine
a modern politician talking of religion and morality as the basis of political
prosperity—least of all Obama who has disparaged Christianity and protects
Islam.

America
was particularly blessed and fortunate in its earliest years to have a
succession of men who demonstrated extraordinary intelligence, courage, and
moral integrity. Following Washington there was John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams. Few nations have been so
blessed as ours.

One can
only examine Lincoln’s life with a sense of wonder as he rose from humble
beginnings to the role of keeping the Union intact in the face of the secession
of southern states and the horrendous war that followed. Gen. Robert E. Lee
surrendered on April 9, 1865 and on April 14 Lincoln was assassinated by an
actor, John Wilkes Booth. His death was the occasion of the first American
national funeral as cities and towns did their best to out-do one another to
honor him. It took his death for people to realize the magnitude of what he had
achieved.

The advice
Lincoln offered in his time is just as important, if not more so, in ours:

“You
cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and
independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should
do for themselves.”

Franklin
D. Roosevelt and, earlier, Theodore Roosevelt, are also highly ranked among the
Presidents. Both men shared a zest for the job, enjoying it. Teddy regretted announcing
that he would not run for a third term (which he did with the Bull Moose Party)
and FDR ran and won four times! He did so during the Great Depression and World
War II.

Two
other families played a role in the presidency, the Adams and, in the modern
era, George H.W. Bush was the 41st President and George W. Bush was
the 43rd. It is popular to disparage both men, but history may come
to another judgment.

President
Obama has brought nothing to the presidency except his Marxist theology. He was
the least prepared in terms of experience in the workplace and his elections
have been more about the manipulation of public opinion and his two terms have been an endless
succession of lies.

His
signature legislation, ObamaCare, has undermined the nation’s healthcare
system. His solution to the Great Recession added more debt in his six years in
office than the combined debt of every previous President up to Clinton and did
not stimulate the economy as promised. His ignorance of history and of current events is vast. Google "what does Obama know?" and you will find many articles that document this.

He has been protected by a liberal
mainstream media, but the voters have seen through that and have turned political power
in Congress over to the Republican Party.

One
thing is for sure. On future President’s Days, Obama will barely be noticed
when Americans look back on those who did much to address the great issues and
challenges of their times.

How is it possible for Obama to display "astonishing incompetence"? Remember he was a community organizer!

Sure, he never ever had a real job, never had to meet a payroll, had absolutely no experience running anything that resembled an organization, never had to worry about following regulations and of course he had absolutely no experience in foreign policy, except for his very brief stint in the Senate, but we can be assured he’s the smartest man to ever occupy the White House. We know that must be true because presidential historian Michael Beschloss said so – and that was without ever seeing any of Obama’s records.

Hmmmmmm....Oh….wait….. I just had a thought......The Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, was a community organizer also. Gee....that doesn’t seem to be working out well does it? Wow! Is it possible all community organizers are in reality nothing more than dip sticks, and not the smartest people on the planet?

Now that's a scary thought in itself, but here's a scarier thought. Obama would probably be re-elected if he could run and de Blasio can and probably will be.

Oh, one more thing. Here's another example of how people are picking on the smartest president to ever occupy the White House. All just because 32 federal programs are on the verge of failure due to incompetence and fraud.

I agree with Alan - Obama will be remembered as the worst president in history.

However, to the minority of radical ruling class socialists who run this country, Obama has been the most successful president in history. He is the president who has destroyed the U.S. Constitution and rules as de facto dictator of America.

Will we have an election in 2016?

Seriously, Obama may declare martial law and cancel it. When you have raped the supreme law of the land, why should you obey the 22nd Amendment and step down to possible criminal prosecution for the commission of over 100 felonies?

The Republican majority in Congress may moan and groan when the Republic is officially overthrown in 2016, but they will do nothing, as impeachment is off the table and will remain so.

Would the American People revolt when the destruction of the Republic becomes fact in 2016?

About Me

I am and have been for a long time a writer by profession. I have several books to my credit and my daily column, "Warning Signs", is disseminated on many Internet news and opinion websites, as well as blogs. In addition, I am a longtime book reviewer and have a blog offering a monthly report on new fiction and non-fiction.